Aaron Gray

@asquaredgray.bsky.social

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Product builder. Progressive capitalist (market economy, regs to level playing field, taxes for robust social services). Dad to 2 amazing women. Believer in expansion of inclusion. DTW➡️PDX➡️FDT Throw the sandwich. Also @adventurequota.bsky.social

Photo of a can of non-alcoholic sparkling hop water on my desk. Früt Lüp from Fort George.
Tv showing the final stats of the Brazil v USWNT soccer match, the highlight being that Brazil had 10 yellow cards and 8 red cards (USA had 5 yellow cards).
JOHN A. BUEHRENS CONFLAGRATION: HOW THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS SPARKED THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL, GENDER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
View of the Deschutes River from the road to Mecca Flat campground. The drivers side review mirror shows the view to the rear.
A text message that reads: AARON G, This is Multnomah County Elections. Your ballot for the next election has been sent. Look for it soon in your mailbox!
Photo of a can of Pelican Brewing Sparkle Hops NA hop water.
A practical manual on equipment, cooking, stowage, rainy-day problems and pleasures. Where and how to camp... written by and for family campers. THE FAMILY CAMPING GUIDE James and Barbara Newman
Note what's going on here. Everyone agrees that models have reached a kind of pre-training dead end, even if they don't say that out loud, and even if the continuing utility of massive training runs underlies much of current capex, and they swap in an unsolved problem as a solution. Granted, there are currently some workarounds. For example, retrieval augmented generation lets models access external databases, but it doesn't make the underlying model smarter. In the interim, leading Al developers are pushing out relatively trivial updates to their models at a faster pace. Anthropic has said it's doing "more incremental improvements rather than only shipping the really big upgrades." OpenAl's GPT 5.2 came out this week to a mostly meh response. The pace of releases
Screenshot of a video call with just me. The screen says “You’re alone on the call”.
Bumper sticker on a coffee cart that reads good morning everyone except ice.
Screenshot of Apple Music player playing Find the Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Shot from the reservoir on Mt Tabor. South waterfront, pill hill, and downtown in the distance in front of the Tualatin Mountains (west hills).
Be a Hero Today propaganda art with a hand holding a sub and the shadow of the Statue of Liberty
A black Rega Planar 3 turntable with the tonearm and cartridge in the foreground and the glass platter in the background.
Screenshot of Apple Music showing the cover of the new Allo Darlin' album, Bright Nights.
Screenshot of Apple Music player showing the album cover for The First Circle, playing the track Tell It All.
“A crowd laughs as the youngest, a girl who looks about four, slaps at Musk's papier-mâché head with a thin stick. An older boy turns his stick into a spear and plunges it into Musk's stomach, which splits open revealing a trove of fruit snacks. Someone yells "Eat the rich," and the kids rush in to scoop up handfuls of the billionaire's guts.”
Pride flag with a hand heart in front of it.
MLK quote: “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
You did not bear the shame You resisted Sacrificing your life For freedom, justice and honor - From the German resistance memorial, Berlin
Screenshot of Apple Music Player showing the cover of the album How Bizarre by OMC. The song Angel in Disguise is playing.
A blue cutout the shape of Oregon with the words I Voted in yellow.
Photo of a red fawn colored greyhound on a walk, sniffing a bush previously marked by another dog.
Can of cider with a blurry stove top in the background.
Sec. 5. Holding State and Local Officials Accountable. The Attorney General shall pursue all necessary legal remedies and enforcement measures to enforce the rights of Americans impacted by crime and shall prioritize prosecution of any applicable violations of Federal criminal law with respect to State and local jurisdictions whose officials: (a) willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal law, including by directly and unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement; or (b) unlawfully engage in discrimination or civil-rights violations under the guise of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" initiatives that restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens.
Sec. 4. Using National Security Assets for Law and Order. (a) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement. (b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
Screenshot of linked article showing author using the phrase “a myriad of” which is grammatically incorrect.
Screenshot of an OpenStreetMap map of the Gulf of Mexico showing the correct name (Gulf of Mexico).
Screenshot of Apple Maps showing Gulf of America where Gulf of Mexico should be.
Screenshot of an iPhone playing the song American Crisis by Bob Mould.
Screen shot of an online shopping cart showing the price to purchase my name as a domain name from GoDaddy: $9000.